SS ''Lincoln'' was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsb ...

in 1883.

History

The ship was built by

Earle's Shipbuilding Earle's Shipbuilding was an engineering company that was based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1845 to 1932. Earle Brothers The company was started in Hull in 1845 by two brothers, Charles and William Earle. The firm was made u ...

of Hull and launched on 7 March 1883. She was put into the Grimsby to Hamburg service. In the winter this could be obstructed by ice in the River Elbe and on 20 January 1893 she took seven hours to complete the distance from Cuxhaven to Hamburg. In 1896 the crew were sacked by the railway company for refusing to discharge cargo at Hamburg. In 1897 she transferred to the

Great Central Railway The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. On 1 January 1923, the company was grouped into the ...

. On 20 January 1911 she went ashore on

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while on a voyage from Antwerp to Grimsby in thick fog. She was refloated on 21 January and resumed her journey. She was sold in 1914 to Greek owners and renamed ''Elikon''. She was sunk on 2 February 1917 in the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

west of Cape Penas, Spain () by . Her crew survived.

References

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